Former attorney-general George Brandis was asked to approve the controversial prosecution of an Australian spy and his lawyer more than two years before consent was finally granted, a document obtained by the ABC reveals.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison orders an investigation into why his Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert has been slugging taxpayers up to $2,800 a month for his internet bills at his home on Queensland's Gold Coast.

A couple fails in trying to sue Canberra Hospital for $9 million for not fully informing them about the their baby's defects — which include abnormalities of the spine, heart, throat, kidneys, oesophagus, anus and limbs.

The ACT Government voided the registration of a driving instructor in Canberra earlier this year due to inappropriate behaviour, it is revealed, as the industry faces another allegation of sexual harassment.

Police charge a man with indecent exposure after an incident where he allegedly approached a child in Canberra's south on Tuesday morning, the latest in a string of 18 child approaches across the city.